Was fishing a small creek with a 1/8 oz jig, with my Clarus 5.0 UL with Pflueger 25 sized President Limited = she weighed 5 1/2 lbs, caught off the bank. A lot of fun and unexpected to hook, and land this girl. Often run 6lb test P-Line CX but believe I had 8lb on this reel. Really gave me confidence on what can be done on light tackle. Chose this rod in the past as it had more backbone than other UL rods. I was targeting White bass, Crappie, and bass 2-3 lb that I have normally caught in the past.

I did not try powering the fish, just let it play itself out, had my drag set where she pulled a bit of line here and there when she made a few runs, but she did not take out much and it may have kept my line from breaking along with a limber rod. Just wanted to pass it on. Hope all are off to a Great 2017.

Congrats, sounds like a lot of fun.

What color was the jig?

Nice bass , I'm still in Trout fishing mode around here. The bass don't really pick up until April or so.

W47 - from Walmart, Orange head, white eye/black pupil. Plastic was black ribbed body, and a chartreuse tail that lays horizontal, and a 2-piece flipper tail that looks like a crawfish claw.

Trout, I hear you, this one had plenty eggs, but the action gets heated up as the water does, Feb-April being usually much better. Wish we had trout here....the coast has Speckled trout...another kind altogether as you know.

This is one I will remember

Last week I was live bait fishing. My float was chartreuse with a red tip. Six times a bass( I guess the same one)ran up to my float, looked it over then swam away.

Thanks for the info.

I've probably caught more fish on black/chartreuse than anything but done pretty well on spring Crappie during spawn with a small shortened pink Maribou jig often under a cork.

Congrats, that's a good bass on any kind of tackle.

Very nice lite tackle bass.

Thanks guys, it was a hoot, and a surprise